| Katharine Graham  AKA Katharine Meyer
Born: 16-Jun-1917
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 17-Jul-2001
Location of death: Boise, ID
Cause of death: Accident - Fall
Remains: Buried, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Publisher Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 Father: Eugene Meyer (publisher, bought the Post in 1933)
Mother: Agnes Meyer (educator, VP of the Post)
Husband: Philip L. Graham (m. 5-Jun-1940, d. 3-Aug-1963 suicide)
Daughter: Lally Weymouth (b. 1943)
Son: Donald E. Graham (b. 1945)
Son: William Welsh Graham (b. 1948)
Son: Stephen Meyer Graham (b. 1952)
University: Vassar College (1934-6, dropout)
University: University of Chicago (1938)
The Washington Post Publisher (1966-79)
The Washington Post Co. CEO (1963-73)
Member of the Board of The Washington Post Co. Chairman (1973-91)
Alfalfa Club 1994
amfAR National Council
Bilderberg Group
Club of Rome
Committee of 200
Council on Foreign Relations
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Board of Directors
Newspaper Association of America Chairman (past)
Trilateral Commission
Women's Campaign Forum
Pentagon Papers Publisher
Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame
Pulitzer Prize for Biography 1998 for Personal History
Library of Congress Living Legend 2000
Presidential Medal of Freedom 9-Jul-2002
National Women's Hall of Fame 2002
Miscarriage
Wedding: Bill Gates and Melinda French (1994)
Hip Replacement Surgery Oct-1996
Wedding: Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell (1997)
Funeral: Katharine Graham (2001)
Graham Family
Author of books:
Personal History (1997, memoir)
Katharine Graham's Washington (2002)
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